"Ah, the dwarf is here!"
A piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the morning.
"He's on the roof, everyone be careful!"
Upon discovering the dwarf, He Ahui immediately embraced the two children.
"Sister-in-law, let me help you carry one!"
Looking at the ugly, inhuman-looking creature on the roof beam, Liu Taozi was terrified.
But seeing that her sister-in-law was struggling to protect the two children by herself, she still mustered up her courage and ran to He Ahui's side, pulling Li Shun into her arms.
"He's coming! Everyone be careful, scatter!"
That was Li Dagui's voice. He was holding a large cleaver and standing in front of his wife and children.
Liu Taozi was also pulled behind her husband and carefully protected.
Li Sangui then came to Lin Xue's side, holding the dagger Lin Xue had given him earlier in front of him, ready to rush up and fight the other party at any time.
"Don't be afraid, ma'am, we're here!"
Liu Zhi rushed over the moment he heard the panicked shouts from the people inside the house.
In the blink of an eye, several dwarfs darted out from behind the Buddha statue.
Li Dagui and his companions were so focused on the one on the roof beam that they didn't notice the other dwarfs rushing towards them from behind.
"Oh no, there are more behind us!"
Lin Xue's ears were the first to detect the anomaly; she turned around and saw the dwarfs rushing towards her from behind.
Lin Xue raised a machete and charged towards the group of dwarfs.
Li Sangui also came to his senses and quickly rushed over with him.
The dwarfs' target was clear: He Ahui and Liu, as well as Li Zhen, whom He Ahui was protecting in her arms.
"Go to hell!"
Lin Xue kicked away a dwarf who was trying to pull Liu Taozi away.
These dwarfs were clearly adults, standing about 1.1 to 1.2 meters tall.
One was kicked away, and several more rushed over afterward.
He Ahui's clothes were quickly torn apart by the dwarfs.
She held Li Zhen tightly in her arms, not daring to relax her body for even a moment.
I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, my precious daughter will be snatched away by these little monsters.
"Ah Hui, watch out!"
Just as Li Dagui was dealing with the dwarf behind him, the dwarf on the roof beam also jumped down, and together with the dwarf coming from the direction of the Buddha statue, they launched a pincer attack on Li Dagui from both sides.
Seeing her eldest son surrounded, Lin Xue rushed over to help him in a panic.
Li Sangui stood behind Liu Taozi, with his second brother guarding in front, the two of them tightly surrounding Liu Taozi.
Most of the dwarfs ran towards He Ahui, so the most critical situation now belongs to He Ahui's side.
"ah!"
Suddenly, He Ahui's hair was grabbed by a dwarf, who pulled her by her hair and dragged her backward.
The dwarf cleverly hid behind He Ahui, making Li Dagui hesitate to attack even with his machete.
Soon, several more dwarfs sprang out from behind and charged at Li Dagui and his group.
He Ahui was carried away by several dwarfs, while Li Zhen was held tightly in her arms. So, in a short time, both of them were carried away by the dwarfs.
Without thinking twice, Lin Xue took off after him.
Everyone else was stopped by the dwarfs, but Lin Xue was allowed to pass.
Dwarfs may indeed have special feelings for women, which is why they are more aggressive towards men.
He tried his best to dodge Lin Xue's attacks.
Seeing Lin Xue chasing after the scholars as they retreated, he didn't come up to stop her, presumably because he was happy to see it happen.
"Ah Xue!"
When Liu Muchen saw Lin Xue chasing after the dwarfs, his heart nearly jumped out of his throat.
"Master, stay inside the carriage and don't come out. I'm taking men to chase after them!"
It sounds slow, but it actually happens in the blink of an eye.
As soon as Liu Zhi stepped one leg through the gate, He Ahui was carried away by the dwarf, and Lin Xue followed behind them.
By the time Liu Zhi rushed behind the Buddha, the group of dwarfs was no longer there.
What appeared before them was a deep, dark passage.
The group of dwarfs had escaped from here, and they didn't know where this secret passage led. Liu Zhi greeted the two people beside him, each grabbed a torch, and rushed in.
After the dwarfs on this side retreated, the dwarfs who were fighting the guards in the courtyard also retreated one after another.
Soon, the temple returned to silence.
Only the sound of Li Shun crying and Liu Taozi's worried sigh could be heard.
Li Dagui gripped his machete, staring at the entrance to the secret passage. The veins on his hand were bulging, a testament to his intense anxiety.
But his mother and Liu Zhi have already caught up. If he leaves again, who will support the Li family?
At this moment, Li Dagui finally tasted the difficulty of being in charge.
"Don't worry. Liu Zhi and the others will definitely bring Xue back!"
"And He Ahui and Zhenbao will be fine too!"
Although Liu Muchen was just as anxious as Li Dagui, he was, after all, a businessman who had traveled all over the country and seen the world, so his ability to withstand pressure was much stronger than Li Dagui's.
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Liu. I understand!"
"I just don't know how things are going over there, I'm so worried..."
Li Dagui didn't continue speaking; everyone understood what he meant.
"Let's get the carriage ready now and move everything onto it!"
"Then let the women and children hide in the car, and we grown men will stand guard outside."
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